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| Keywords: English - Saint John the Evangelist - Walters 27310.jpg Due to its plentiful supply beautiful translucent tone and soft texture that made it easy to carve alabaster was commonly used for English relief sculpture in the 14th and 15th centuries Many of the reliefs that survive today are panels from altarpieces of the Passion of Christ or the Life of the Virgin The altarpieces were not very expensive and were made for both local use and export to the continent by workshops in Nottingham near where the alabaster was quarried They were generally painted and traces of pigment are often visible today See also Walters 27 309 and 27 308 This figure of Saint John the Evangelist evinces the characteristics of this period in art known as International Gothic The elongation and grace of his hands feet and draping gown show elements of the this style which towards the end of the Middle Ages had spread through Europe and England He is characteristically beardless and holds in his right hand a book representing his writings on which rests his symbol an eagle In his left hand he holds the palm branch given to him by the Virgin Mary ca 1420 1450 late Medieval alabaster cm 43 3 14 4 7 3 ; framed cm 43 3 16 9 7 6 accession number 27 310 810 Victor Gay Paris by purchase Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris March 23 1909 no 355 George Robinson Harding London by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 place of origin Nottingham England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Gothic art in the United Kingdom English medieval alabasters 15th-century reliefs | ||||
